Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R2479 CS-D
2	2	By: Bucy H.B. No. 577
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the notice period for certain evictions.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 24.005, Property Code, is amended by
12	12	amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to
13	13	read as follows:
14	14	(a) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (b-1), if
15	15	[If] the occupant is a tenant under a written lease or oral rental
16	16	agreement, the landlord must give a tenant who defaults or holds
17	17	over beyond the end of the rental term or renewal period at least 14
18	18	[three] days' written notice to vacate the premises before the
19	19	landlord files a forcible detainer suit, unless the parties have
20	20	contracted for a shorter or longer notice period in a written lease
21	21	or agreement. A landlord who files a forcible detainer suit on
22	22	grounds that the tenant is holding over beyond the end of the rental
23	23	term or renewal period must also comply with the tenancy
24	24	termination requirements of Section 91.001.
25	25	(b) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (b-1), if
26	26	[If] the occupant is a tenant at will or by sufferance, the landlord
27	27	must give the tenant at least 14 [three] days' written notice to
28	28	vacate before the landlord files a forcible detainer suit unless
29	29	the parties have contracted for a shorter or longer notice period in
30	30	a written lease or agreement. If a building is purchased at a tax
31	31	foreclosure sale or a trustee's foreclosure sale under a lien
32	32	superior to the tenant's lease and the tenant timely pays rent and
33	33	is not otherwise in default under the tenant's lease after
34	34	foreclosure, the purchaser must give a residential tenant of the
35	35	building at least 30 days' written notice to vacate if the purchaser
36	36	chooses not to continue the lease. The tenant is considered to
37	37	timely pay the rent under this subsection if, during the month of
38	38	the foreclosure sale, the tenant pays the rent for that month to the
39	39	landlord before receiving any notice that a foreclosure sale is
40	40	scheduled during the month or pays the rent for that month to the
41	41	foreclosing lienholder or the purchaser at foreclosure not later
42	42	than the fifth day after the date of receipt of a written notice of
43	43	the name and address of the purchaser that requests payment. Before
44	44	a foreclosure sale, a foreclosing lienholder may give written
45	45	notice to a tenant stating that a foreclosure notice has been given
46	46	to the landlord or owner of the property and specifying the date of
47	47	the foreclosure.
48	48	(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b), if the
49	49	landlord terminates the lease as provided by Section 91.003, the
50	50	landlord may file a forcible detainer suit on or after the third day
51	51	after the date the landlord gives notice to a tenant under a written
52	52	lease or oral rental agreement or at will or by sufferance.
53	53	SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
54	54	an eviction suit in which the notice to vacate is given on or after
55	55	the effective date of this Act. An eviction suit in which the notice
56	56	to vacate is given before the effective date of this Act is governed
57	57	by the law as it existed immediately before the effective date of
58	58	this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
59	59	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.